How to maintain oral hygiene?

There are many ways to maintain oral hygiene, which are introduced as follows:

Correct brushing

To develop the habit of brushing from an early age, generally at the age of two years old, we should teach children to brush their teeth, and it is best to brush twice a day, once in the morning, and once in the evening before going to bed.

The correct brushing method is to brush as much as possible food debris, soft dirt and plaque (the ecological environment of microorganisms in the mouth), while not harming the neck and gums. When brushing teeth, the toothbrush should be placed horizontally in the mouth, the bristles lightly press the gums, brush the upper teeth with the bristles upward, brush the lower teeth with the bristles downward, and then gently press the gums, then rotate the toothbrush so that the bristles toward the crown of the teeth, and then later on to turn the toothbrush so that the bristles toward the gums, and so on and so forth. Brush the outer side of the back teeth and front teeth first, and then brush the inner side of the back teeth. When brushing the inner side of the front teeth, the toothbrush should be placed on the lingual side of the front teeth, and the bristles should be brushed in the direction of the crown from the gums. Finally, the occlusal surfaces of the teeth should be brushed. If you use toothpaste containing sodium fluoride, chlorhexidine or strontium chloride, you can also prevent dental caries, periodontal disease or tooth allergies.

Rinsing

Rinsing your mouth after a meal can rinse out the food debris in your mouth. If you gargle with tea is better, because tea contains fluoride and tannin, can prevent caries and gingivitis. Salt water gargling can also prevent gingivitis.

Drum gargling

This is the method introduced in the motherland medicine. Do is closed mouth, drum cheeks and lips for gargling motion, while the tongue left and right rotation, so that the mouth increased saliva, the use of saliva to rinse the teeth and teeth, generally each drum gargling 5 minutes, and then spit out. Saliva. This method can enhance the resistance of the teeth and mouth.

Knocking teeth

This is also a proven method in the motherland medicine. The specific method is to close the mouth, the upper and lower teeth for the up and down direction of the bite knocking movement, each knocking 100. This method can enhance the health of the supporting tissues of the teeth, promote salivary secretion, cleaning the surface of the teeth.

Massage gums

Can be carried out after brushing, the hand will be washed, index finger into the mouth, pressure on the gums, first from the front to the back of the rotating kneading, and then from the back to the front rotation, so back and forth 20 times. This method can promote the blood circulation of periodontal tissues, and enhance the resistance of the teeth.